Students from La Canada High School 7/8 went to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Nov. 7 to hear oral arguments in a death penalty appeal. History teacher Dan Yoder uses the trip as an opportunity to study Constitutional law and the justice system.

Students from La Canada High School 7/8 went to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Nov. 7 to hear oral arguments in a death penalty appeal. History teacher Dan Yoder uses the trip as an opportunity to study Constitutional law and the justice system.

Courtesy Guy Iversen

Students from La Canada High School 7/8 went to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Nov. 7 to hear oral arguments in a death penalty appeal. History teacher Dan Yoder uses the trip as an opportunity to study Constitutional law and the justice system.

Students from La Canada High School 7/8 went to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Nov. 7 to hear oral arguments in a death penalty appeal. History teacher Dan Yoder uses the trip as an opportunity to study Constitutional law and the justice system. (Courtesy Guy Iversen)

Students from La Canada High School 7/8 went to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Nov. 7 to hear oral arguments in a death penalty appeal. History teacher Dan Yoder uses the trip as an opportunity to study Constitutional law and the justice system.Courtesy Guy Iversen